Shkreli (tribe)

Shkreli

Albanians bayraks as of 1918, Shkreli covers section 58.
Ethnicity	Albanian
Current region	Albania, Kosovo, Montenegro, Serbia
Place of origin	Northern Albania

Coordinates: 42°20′N 19°38′E / 42.333°N 19.633°E / 42.333; 19.633

Shkreli is a historical tribe (and region) in Northern Albania (see Malësia). With expansion of the Ottoman Empire, part of the tribe migrated to Rugova beginning in ca. 1700, after which they continued to migrate into the Sandžak region (today in Serbia and Montenegro). The Shkreli tribe converted into Islam in the 18th century, while the Shkreli in Sandžak (known as Škrijelj/Serbian: Шкријељ) over time were Islamized and today declare Bosniak ethnicity. There are minor families which still adhere to Christianity (most of whom are Catholic, the rest Orthodox).

A former municipality of Shkrel used to encompass the tribe's settlement, today part of the Malësi e Madhe municipality. Shkreli areas borders Kastrati region to the northwest, Boga and Plani tribes to the east, Lohja to the south.
There is also a village named Škrijelj in Sandžak who are said to be fis with the Shkreli. The tribal name has been adopted as a surname by some descending families, in both Albania and former Yugoslavia.